food and fossil fuels [General]
2009 Aug 13
Does that 1/5 of fossil fuels include what my idling air-conditioned 8 cylinder SUV burns while I wait for my Timmies ?
When you throw those numbers at the fact that the US with only 5 % of the worlds population and consumes 25% of it's resourses ... it should get interesting when the the rise of the middle class in China gets really going.
The next 3-5 generations should be really interesting.
aaaaaah .... Mother Nature will take care of herself when she rids herself of that awful plague she has ... namely, Homo Sapiens.
When you throw those numbers at the fact that the US with only 5 % of the worlds population and consumes 25% of it's resourses ... it should get interesting when the the rise of the middle class in China gets really going.
The next 3-5 generations should be really interesting.
aaaaaah .... Mother Nature will take care of herself when she rids herself of that awful plague she has ... namely, Homo Sapiens.
zymurgist
news21.jomc.unc.edu
The way we feed ourselves consumes 1/5 of fossil fuels, and produces 1/3 of greenhouse gasses.